CMS’s Reliance on California’s Licensing Surveys of Nursing Homes Could Not Ensure the Quality of Care Provided to Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries

These findings were reported by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a report titled "CMS's Reliance on California's Licensing Surveys of Nursing Homes Could Not Ensure the Quality of Care Provided to Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries." Prior OIG reviews had identified issues related to the oversight of quality of care in California nursing and skilled nursing facilities. In addition to this review of California's licensing surveys, the OIG is performing similar reviews in other states. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) relies . . .